Ponds & Streams

A few more spring sights

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Here are a few more photos taken on our walk yesterday.

These guys remind me of those two old men in the balcony on "The Muppet Show."
These guys remind me of those two old men in the balcony on “The Muppet Show.”
A tadpole soaking up the sun. It never moved in the ten minutes I was there.
A tadpole soaking up the sun. It never moved in the ten minutes I was there.
Salamanders mating.
Salamanders mating.
Good day, Mr. Frog!
Good day, Mr. Frog!
Power-lounging squirrel. The squirrels are going to be bummed when I put the birdbath back on this base!
Power-lounging squirrel. The squirrels are going to be bummed when I put the birdbath back on this base!

Not captured on film were the three kingfishers flying and rattling vocally over the pond. I’m not sure if it was courtship behavior or territorial behavior, but they weren’t fishing, and they were pretty indifferent to the various humans around the edges of the pond. Swallows were diving and circling. At one point a Cooper’s hawk flew over, making a speedy path toward a racket of small birds beyond the pond.

One young man was playing his guitar on the boardwalk — adding his song to the spring peepers, honking geese and rattling kingfishers. That’s not something you can do with a piano, more’s the pity. It was nice — a human sound that blended well with all the natural sounds.

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